Win98 Replacement

akaize · 11-22-2001, 12:19 PM

I am using Win98 connecting to my office networks that consists of WinNT, MS Internet Proxy and Network Printers.

Is there any Linux clients that I can replace the Win98 do connect the above mentioned network and do my day to day jobs like word processing, email, internet browsing and printing?

Thanks a lot!

raz · 11-23-2001, 05:02 AM

Yes Samba.
But you would be better off building a firewall on Linux with all of the connectivity to the office.

Then connect to your Linux firewall with a Win200 system to use Word etc etc etc, but with a reliable and secure front end.

/Raz

akaize · 11-23-2001, 11:20 AM

Is there anything other than SAMBA? it seems that samba does not support internte/proxy sharing

acid_kewpie · 11-23-2001, 02:24 PM

there is no 'THE NETWORK PROGRAM' in linux, various different programs do different things. samba is for sharing resources over networks, and nothign more. an it does a great job of it.

to share internet connections you should use ip masquarading, check the howto out on linuxdoc.org